The National Science Foundation is the only federal agency whose mission includes support for all fields of fundamental science and engineering, except for medical sciences.

The information in this section is designed to supplement the information provided at the NSF website: http://www.nsf.gov

Virginia Tech offers grant-writing assistance and workshops on NSF grant-writing. To attend an upcoming session or to schedule a special session for your department or Center, please contact Beth Tranter, Associate Vice President for Research Planning, at etranter@vt.edu.

Video sessions:

Building the NSF Grant

Does your research agenda depend heavily on support from the National Science Foundation? This short course will focus on the essentials of crafting an effective NSF grant proposal. Best practices and essential hints based on first-hand experiences with the NSF are provided. Special emphasis will be placed on how to avoid the common mistakes that can lead to early rejection of an NSF grant application.

Education, outreach and diversity are key review criteria at NSF and other funding agencies. This workshop will identify Virginia Tech resources – people and programs – that researchers can use to build these critical components into their grant proposals.

Education, outreach and diversity are key review criteria at NSF and other funding agencies. This workshop will identify VT resources--people and programs--that researchers can use to build these critical components into their grant proposals.

Planning to submit a proposal to the National Science Foundation (NSF)? This short course focuses on the essentials of submitting an NSF proposal through the Office of Sponsored Programs. We will discuss the unique requirements for developing your budget and the procedures for completing the required forms. We will look at how your budget should reflect your research plan or Statement of Work, and what you need to do in order to use and manage and keep your NSF funding after it's awarded. We'll take a look at some of the hot compliance issues on which the NSF is focusing, as well as discuss more mundane, but essential, topics such as how to submit your annual reports and how to plan your funding for multi-year projects.